The gloves are off in AIBA power struggle

LAUSANNE, Switzerland-Punches are flying in and outside the ring at the world amateur boxing championships in Germany this week as a bitter power struggle rages for control of the historic Olympic sport.

In one corner in Hamburg is Wu Ching-kuo, the embattled Taiwanese president of ruling body AIBA and an influential member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The opposite corner is crowded with the majority of the governing body's executive committee, who have joined forces to establish a temporary administration.